Hybrid vertical axis wind turbine

Abstract

One embodiment of a hybrid vertical axis wind turbine with a big annular generator ( 40 ) electric motor auxiliary prime movers ( 42 ) and horizontal rotating steam turbine generators ( 106 ). The preferred embodiment has at least 5 wind turbines under an arch. The alternative embodiment has at least 3 wind turbines under an arch. Both embodiments also have steam turbine generators with a gear as an additional generator and prime mover of the big annular generator. Both embodiments contain double tapered spokes( 54 ) connecting the wind turbine central axis tower to the big annular generators. Both embodiments have a blade control system ( 162, 142, 144 ).

1 ) A hybrid vertical axis wind turbine electric generator comprising (a) a big annular generator (b) one to a substantial number of electric motor auxiliary prime movers; the improvement over prior art being a synergy using wind as a prime mover and electric motor generators meshed with gears that propel and regenerate electricity simultaneously—as an additional prime mover. 
   
   
       2 ) Said big annular generator in  claim 1  comprised of one to a substantial number of layers of stator-rotor. 
   
   
       3 ) Said big annular generator in  claim 1  further comprised of a commutator for each layer of stator rotor on said big annular generator. 
   
   
       4 ) Said big annular generator in  claim 1  further comprised of a during-operation stator-rotor gap distance adjusting mechanism. 
   
   
       5 ) Said electric motor auxiliary prime mover in  claim 1  comprised of an electric motor of small diameter and an auxiliary annular generator of a medium diameter size. 
   
   
       6 ) Said auxiliary annular generator in  claim 5  meshed with a Herringbone Gear of larger diameter size. 
   
   
       7 ) Said auxiliary annular generator in  claim 5  further comprised of one to many layers of stator-rotor. 
   
   
       8 ) Said big annular generator further comprised of 2 sets of gear teeth. 
   
   
       9 ) First set of gear teeth in  claim 8  to be connected with said electric motor auxiliary prime mover annular generator gear teeth. 
   
   
       10 ) A horizontal rotating steam turbine generator with a gear. 
   
   
       11 ) A Second set of gear teeth in  claim 8  to be connected with said horizontal rotating steam turbine generator with said gear. 
   
   
       12 ) One to several said horizontal rotating steam turbine generators in  claim 10  connected to big annular generator. 
   
   
       13 ) Said wind turbine in  claim 1  further comprised of a central-positioned central axis tower and at least 2 additional wind turbine central axis towers, each directly adjacent to opposite sides of said central positioned central axis tower. 
   
   
       14 ) Said wind turbine in  claim 1  further including double tapered spokes connecting said central axis tower to said big annular generator. 
   
   
       15 ) Said central axis towers in  claim 13  further comprised of 3 blades, each attached to said central axis tower by one to a substantial number of arms. 
   
   
       16 ) Said wind turbine in  claim 1  further comprised of at least one arch extending over the top of said central axis towers. 
   
   
       17 ) Three arms in  claim 15  more particularly curved exclusively for said central positioned central axis tower; said curved arms longer than remainder of said arms. 
   
   
       18 ) Said blades in  claim 15  comprised of several vertical vane elements attached to said arms. 
   
   
       19 ) Said vane elements in  claim 18  holding a plurality of rectangular shaped horizontal axis, long end positioned horizontally, electric motor controlled wind catching panels. 
   
   
       20 ) Said arch in  claim 16  further comprised of stays attached to each side of said arch, extending to the ground. 
   
   
       21 ) Said stays in  claim 20  to be positioned at a starting point just outside the reach of a circular rotational boundary of said central positioned central axis tower's curved arms; stay positions to be further extending in one to a substantial number of positions along both sides of said arch and down said arch. 
   
   
       22 ) A wind turbine controlling device of said wind catching panels in  claim 19 ; said controlling device comprised of 2 elements; wind direction determining devices and blade detection devices. 
   
   
       23 ) Said wind direction determining devices in  claim 22  further comprised of a wind sock and a camera located in close proximity to said wind sock. 
   
   
       24 ) Said controlling device in  claim 22  further comprised of a wind turbine blade proximity detection sensor carried by two circular moving carts on a track that further commands a section of said horizontal axis wind catching panels to close at about 5 degrees offset in the clockwise direction from the degree of wind origination, and to open at about 175 degrees offset in the counterclockwise direction from the degree of wind origination. 
   
   
       25 ) One to a substantial number of clear tube water filled algae carbon dioxide pollution mitigation devices comprising (a) artificial lighting and (b) at least one plecostimus living inside said tubes. 
   
   
       26 ) A pollution mitigation device in  claim 25  further comprised of a urea treatment process that occurs before exhaust enters said algae tubes.